Singapore – Cohesity, an AI-powered data security company, has recently announced the expansion of its Cyber Event Response Team services through new partnerships with prominent incident response (IR) vendors. Included in the list of partners are Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Arctic Wolf, Sophos, Fenix24, and Semperis.
By teaming up with these companies, Cohesity’s CERT service is positioned to enhance the traditional IR process by integrating advanced data management and backup expertise, accelerating investigations, and enabling faster recovery for customers.
Using native platform capabilities, it also enables Cohesity’s CERT to share a consolidated set of customer-approved operational data with its IR partners, including logs, reports, inventories, and more.
According to the company, said rich dataset, combined with Cohesity CERT’s deep data security and recovery expertise, strengthens the digital forensics, threat intelligence, and containment efforts of IR partners. This allows for faster and more accurate analysis of cyber incidents while minimising business downtime.
Customers benefit from the assurance that Cohesity works hand-in-hand with their IR partner of choice, streamlining the cyber response process and allowing quicker restoration of clean data.
Part of partnerships’ advantage also involves minimised business disruption and financial loss, a comprehensive, coordinated response and recovery, 24/7 availability and multi-vendor integrated support, as well as specialised expertise and proactive recommendations.
Sanjay Poonen, CEO at Cohesity, said, “With ransomware, data breaches, and other cyber threats becoming an unavoidable reality, organisations need the assurance that they can bounce back faster, stronger, and smarter.”
He further continued, “Cohesity CERT is a natural extension of our mission to empower organisations with resilient, secure data management. We’re doubling our commitment to our customers by ensuring they have the expertise and tools to navigate and recover from cyber crises effectively.”
“Cyber resilience is the cornerstone of modern cybersecurity, and we are committed to helping our customers achieve it,” concluded Poonen.
Also speaking about the endeavour is Sam Rubin, SVP of consulting and threat intelligence, Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks, stating, “Cybercriminals are increasingly emboldened by new technology, making cyberattacks more effective and efficient. Unit 42 provides customers with leading incident response expertise, threat intelligence and proactive services, enabling them to effectively address the most challenging threats. Through this new partnership, Cohesity will play a crucial role in expediting backup and business recovery processes of shared customers. This collaboration will greatly benefit our customers, ensuring a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that enhances the overall investigation process for Unit 42.”
Kerri Shafer-Page, vice president of incident response at Arctic Wolf, further commented, “Time and information are two of the most critical parts of incident response. The more information we have, the quicker we can return a customer to normal operations. Cohesity’s quick response toolkit gives us access to all kinds of data that can enable a more comprehensive investigation and quicker recovery. Partnering with Cohesity CERT adds valuable expertise in backup and recovery and helps us ensure our joint customers are resilient no matter what attackers throw at them.”
“By partnering with Cohesity CERT, Sophos’ Incident Response (IR) team of experts who work 24/7 around the world identifying and neutralising threats can jump right in to assess and react to active threats targeting Cohesity’s customers,” remarked Rob Harrison, senior vice president of product management for SecOps and endpoint security at Sophos.
“This streamlined process is critical because the faster Sophos IR can get involved, the faster the team can disrupt and eject attackers before they exfiltrate data, carry out ransomware, or other damaging activities. With this partnership, Sophos customers will also be referred to Cohesity’s quick response toolkit for comprehensive backup and recovery programs. This collaboration ensures our joint customers are more resilient and able to recover faster from cyberattacks,” he ended.
